SPORTS
October 7, 1991
NAZARETH, Pa. -- Arie Luyendyk stole another Indy-car race yesterday, using pit strategy to stretch his fuel and foil bids by championship contenders Bobby Rahal and Michael Andretti to win the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix.Rahal, who came into the race trailing Andretti by 13 points in the title chase, appeared to have his second victory wrapped up before darting into the pits 10 laps from the end for a splash of fuel.That gave the lead, and probably the title, to Andretti, but he, too, had to pit for fuel, racing in on lap 195 in the 200-lap race on the one-mile Pennsylvania International Raceway tri-oval.
SPORTS
By Sandra McKee and Sandra McKee,Staff Writer | May 22, 1992
INDIANAPOLIS -- He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1986, but Bobby Rahal said yesterday he has never been more inspired to win for an owner than he will be Sunday.Bobby Rahal is the owner."I think the goals of owner and driver are the same," he said. "We both want to win. We both want to have the best team. It's just that now, as a driver, I have a vested interest. Maybe as a driver I feel an obligation to the owner side of me to give it a bigger effort."Rahal, who will start his Miller Lola/Chevy A on the inside of the fourth row Sunday, says he is enthused about racing again.
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By Sandra McKee and Sandra McKee,Staff Writer | October 5, 1992
NAZARETH, Pa. -- By the time Michael Andretti reached the post-race news conference, he was subdued. He sat morosely, staring into space.It was quite a contrast from the Michael Andretti who had emerged from his race car minutes early. That Andretti was furious as he railed at his team.He had been close to perfect on the racetrack, avoiding danger and picking the perfect lines around the one-mile tri-oval. But on this cool autumn afternoon, with 35,000 fans packing Pennsylvania International Raceway, perfect on the race track wasn't good enough.
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By Sandra McKee and Sandra McKee,Staff Writer | October 4, 1992
NAZARETH, Pa. -- If this were a game of Monopoly, Michael Andretti and Bobby Rahal would be in jail and Emerson Fittipaldi would be counting all his money.Fittipaldi, who earned $300,000 yesterday by winning the sixtannual Marlboro Challenge all-star race, is hot. But, perhaps, not quite as hot as Andretti and Rahal, who were both given stop-and-go penalties for improperly entering pit road.It was a perfect demonstration of just how difficult it is thandicap the PPG IndyCar championship points race with just two races left in the season.
SPORTS
September 22, 1991
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. -- Teammates Bobby Rahal and Al Unser Jr. swept the front-row positions for today's Texaco-Havoline 200 and applied some pressure to Indy-car points leader Michael Andretti.Rahal's record-setting lap of 134.466 mph Friday held up yesterday in the final round of qualifying, giving the two-time CART PPG Cup champion his 15th career pole, first since a race in Nazareth, Pa., in October. More importantly, it gave him one more point in the championship battle.That cut Andretti's lead over Rahal to 176-172 and gave both Rahal and Unser, the defending series winner, a nice boost.
NEWS
By Alissa J. Rubin and Alissa J. Rubin,LOS ANGELES TIMES | December 30, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Among the many thousands of Palestinian refugees who made Iraq their home, Ahmed Rahal was one of the most driven. From an impoverished childhood in the West Bank, he rose to the pinnacle of Saddam Hussein's army, becoming the first Palestinian to hold the rank of general. Every step of the way, he had one dream: returning to an independent Palestine. The dream sustained him, but it also blinded him. He cast his lot with a ruthless dictator and did his bidding. He followed Hussein because he was the only leader who fostered the hope that a pan-Arab movement would create a Palestinian state and welcomed Palestinians to Iraq while they awaited his grand plan's fulfillment.